American Quarterly Review, Volume 17Robert Walsh Carey, Lea & Carey, 1835 - American literature |
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... character . We ought at least to learn the art of self- government , before we attempt to revolutionize morals and lite- rature , settling , if it be possible , one rock below the quicksand , for a safe and secure foundation . This ...
... character . We ought at least to learn the art of self- government , before we attempt to revolutionize morals and lite- rature , settling , if it be possible , one rock below the quicksand , for a safe and secure foundation . This ...
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... character , than the perpetual reference of every thing to its equivalent in common and ordinary estimation . The prin- ciple carried out , would reduce the earth to a hive , and every fragrant and beautiful flower upon its surface , to ...
... character , than the perpetual reference of every thing to its equivalent in common and ordinary estimation . The prin- ciple carried out , would reduce the earth to a hive , and every fragrant and beautiful flower upon its surface , to ...
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... character and duty . The system is radicaly unfriendly to religion and patriotism , in any just and com- prehensiv view of both , and must be extensivly and fundamentaly reformd , before this country will be inhabited by a truly ...
... character and duty . The system is radicaly unfriendly to religion and patriotism , in any just and com- prehensiv view of both , and must be extensivly and fundamentaly reformd , before this country will be inhabited by a truly ...
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... character in which their works are written , and knows no more of the genius of their language than he does of the genius of the Cherokee ? Yet of how many , who have received the advantages of what is termed a liberal education , is ...
... character in which their works are written , and knows no more of the genius of their language than he does of the genius of the Cherokee ? Yet of how many , who have received the advantages of what is termed a liberal education , is ...
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... character are rounded , not by the corroding file of a rival or an enemy , but by the gene- rous appliances derived from the contemplation of the polite arts . A love of those arts , and of the learning which produced and fos- ters them ...
... character are rounded , not by the corroding file of a rival or an enemy , but by the gene- rous appliances derived from the contemplation of the polite arts . A love of those arts , and of the learning which produced and fos- ters them ...
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